Today, for whatever reason (@tron suggested it was MacWorld) Twitter got unbelievably slow. It didn’t fail, as in days of yore, but it just ceased to update for long stretches, and then only grudgingly. I imagined the tapping on keyboards around the globe as people kept hitting refresh, trying to get some instant gratification,...
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There's no telling how long this will be possible, so if you've been thinking about changing your Twitter username, why not do it in the first week of 2009?
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Either way, Twitter is for real. A bona fide Rule Breaker that’s helping the Web’s wallflowers get social and create network effects on the cheap. And it’ll be made more valuable by a recession that’s forcing firms to spend creatively. http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2008/11/24/the-recession-could-make-this-company-rich.aspx
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We're in for a major news hangover sometime in '09, but for now it's Woodstock, and Bush just made the announcement about the brown acid going around.
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From The LinkedIn Blog “The past few weeks have seen the release of a slew of features that have helped augment your experience of LinkedIn; features ranging from refined network updates to the ability to add a photo to your profile. Today, we’re glad to announce the next step in that evolution – a...
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All those interested in Social Media–and by that I mean anyone even slightly involved with marketing, advertising, web development, or what their kids are up to–should check in now and then with The Social Times, a blog that is “covering all that’s Social.” Written by AllFacebook.com editor Nick O’Neill, The Social Times seems to...
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